1 Disability and Learning Support Services

We offer a range of services and supports for all students with a disability, specific learning difficulty or long term medical condition. This service is coordinated by the Disability & Learning Support Service.

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2 Fund for Students with Disabilities

Most students registering with the Disability Service request access to a range of supports that help the student to reach their full potential while studying. Most student needs are accommodated through these supports. Some of these disability student supports are co-funded by the Department of Education and Skills and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020.Funding for these supports is not provided to individual students as is the case for the Disabled Student Allowance in the UK.After registering online, students who desire specialist disability supports will be invited to meet with a member of the Disability Service team (Disability Officer/Occupational Therapist) on a one-to-one basis to discuss specialist disability supports. The student decides on the level of support that they require. All students in this category will have a full needs assessment and a Learning Educational Needs Assessment (LENS) report is produced for these students.

The FSD does not cover costs that all students would have to pay for, like buying textbooks or standard laptops or tickets for the bus to and from university. FSD is not paid directly to the student.

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3 Meeting with the Disability Service team

Find out how to register with the Disability Service to access support and talk about any adjustments you may require for managing your course and examinations. You can also visit ATU Sligo before your course starts, to gain a feel for where you will be based throughout your studies, and you can contact the Disability Service if you have a questions about supports in college.

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4 What support is available?

An introduction to the support and services available at our university.

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5 Telling people at university about your autism

This article is around the issues of telling people that you are autistic, also known as ‘disclosure’ or ‘declaring a disability’.

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6 A student’s view on sharing an autism diagnosis

We spoke to Fern during her final year as an undergraduate Politics student in the UK. We asked her how she feels about disclosing her autism to the university and to fellow students.

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